Behrend Women's Soccer Returns to AMCC Finals; No. 2 Lions Defeat No. 6 Mt. Aloysius

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's soccer team advances to the 2022 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Championships after posting a 3-0 win over Mt. Aloysius in the semifinals on Wednesday afternoon.

Score: Behrend 3, Mt. Aloysius 0
Records: Behrend (8-9-1), Mt. Aloysius (3-15-2)

Key Moments

* Trinity Prestash (Phillipsburg, PA/West Branch) scored two first-half goals to give the Lions a 2-0 lead at halftime
* Emily Clopp (Pittsburgh, PA/Canon-McMillan) netted the third goal in the 71^st minute for the final margin
* Prestash only need five minutes, 48 seconds to bury the game winner
* The sophomore intercepted the ball of a scuffle in front of the goal line and tapped it past Heidi Patten for a 1-0 lead
* Prestash made it 2-0 just 12 minutes later, scoring on a header off a direct kick taken by Christine Patterson (McKean, PA/General McLane)
* In the second half, Clopp took a cross from the right side that bounced in for the unassisted tally
* Behrend held a 25-1 advantage in shots and a 10-0 edge in corner kicks
* Morgan Harding (Pittsburgh, PA/Carlynton) got her fourth shutout of the season in goal

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday in the AMCC Championship game at No. 1 Pitt-Greensburg. Game time is 2 p.m.